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Imagine what it would be like if your thoughts weren’t the only ones in your head.Ruth has lived with other people in her head since she was four years old. She splintered off into different selves when her grandfather began sexually abusing her. It was her way of coping with the dreadful things she endured at home. The worse things got, the more personalities Ruth created in order to try to escape her life.Ruth eventually left home and after years of hard work, Ruth came to terms with her past and now helps others suffering from Multiple Personality Disorder. Fractured is the story of a life torn apart by abuse and a remarkable woman who pieced herself back together again.
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Ruth Dee is married and has three grown up children. Until five years ago she had worked in education all her life. She now collaborates with psychologists working on Multiple Personality Disorder and lectures student nurses on how to diagnose the condition.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A must read for everyone. Such a detailed description about multiple personality disorder thats written in a way that is so readable and compelling. I just had to keep reading until I'd finished it. That Ruth could survive such abuse, bring up 3 children and hold down a responsible job is amazing. I highly recommend this book to individuals and book clubs.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is an amazing and extraordinary book which I found very moving and somewhat harrowing. It is beautifully written with an honesty which is heart-rending. A very complex illness has been described in a most personal way. Her writing is lucid and accessible and goes a long way to helping us understand what an abused person has to live through.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
As someone with a very limited understanding of the subject of multiple personality disorder, I found this book very informative. Unlike a textbook on the subject which the lay-person probably wouldn't pick up, it gives access to the subject matter in a personal, autobiographical way. Issues of this condition are dealt with in a way that is pertinent to the author and I found the book compelling and unput-downable! Well done Ruth for sharing your life with us so that others can go some way to understanding a little of what MPD can be like!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Inspirational
This honest account of one woman's courageous struggle with her abuse and subsequent mental health problems makes me both ashamed and proud to be a member of the human race.
Published 19 days ago by Fanta's tick
Harrowing....but ultimately worth the read
MPD was not a subject I knew very much about prior to reading this book, but I really enjoyed this well-written insight into Ruth's inner world. Read more
Published 12 months ago by HelenJ
Amazing
It was a great read and I couldn't put it down. After I read it I lent it to my mum who felt the same also. So speaking for both of us, it truley was an amazing read.
Published 22 months ago by ATasteOfSummer
Worth reading
I thought that this book was about MPD - and it was, but first of all you have to get through the most awful detail about her abuse. Read more
Published on 6 Nov 2009 by T. M. Stephenson
D I D and Living with it
This is a difficult book and a great book. Many with the condition will question its content compared with their own case and experience which is a bad flaw to begin writing a... Read more
Published on 1 Mar 2009 by Andrew
opportunity missed.
Was very disappointed in this book. I thought that as it was written by an ex headteacher it would be a serious book addressing the real issues of living with DID, a useful... Read more
Published on 1 Mar 2009 by bronte
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